Urania Bridge (Vienna)

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The Urania Bridge was supposed to cross the Danube Canal in Vienna and connect the districts of Landstrasse and Leopoldstadt . The nearby Urania would have given its name.

location

The Federal Roads Act of 1971 provided for the relocation of the first section of the B 8 from Praterstrasse to Franzensbrückenstrasse. To connect to the B 1 to create, which was Urania bridge as an extension of Tempelgasse 's 2nd district, across the Danube Canal to the Middle Zollamtsstraße provided in the 3rd district. After a municipal council resolution in 1982, the basics for the planning and a few years later a concept for the design of the bridge were available.

The approx. 143 meter long and 32 meter wide bridge was planned by Alfred Pauser , Peter Biberschick and Karl Beschorner , the architectural design came from Viktor Hufnagl . The bridge was also intended to accommodate various cable harnesses from the electrical works and the post office, as well as pipelines from Fernwärme Wien , which were temporarily housed in a temporary pipe bridge .

The central location and the difference in level between the two banks of the Danube Canal caused certain difficulties. A central section made of steel and smaller side panels made of concrete were planned , whereby this separation should be marked by pylons . The Herrmannpark at the west head of the bridge would have been replaced by a park twice as large further to the west, under which there would have been an underground car park .

The urban development plan of 1984 still contained the bridge, but after changes in the planning philosophy it was no longer part of urban planning projects a few years later. However, it also remained - after several amendments, most recently in 1996 - part of the Federal Roads Act ( Vienna (Uraniabrücke (B 227) - Wienzeile - Gaudenzdorf - Auhof) - Purkersdorf - St. Pölten - Melk - Amstetten - Linz - Wels - Vöcklabruck - Straßwalchen - Eugendorf - Salzburg - state border on the Walserberg ) and still is today.

Although the Urania Bridge was not built, the name can be found several times on the Internet, but in most cases it is likely to be confused with the Aspern Bridge , which is located directly next to the Urania.

literature

  • Josef Pelz: Bridges in Construction and Planning , in: der aufbau 1980, p. 185.
  • The Administration of the City of Vienna , p. 147, Vienna 1982
  • Bertrand Michael Buchmann, Harald Sterk, Rupert Schickl: The Danube Canal History-Planning-Execution , Magistrate of the City of Vienna, Vienna 1984
  • Walter Hufnagel (editor): “ Crossings - Bridges-City-Vienna ”, Verlag Sappl, Kufstein, ISBN 3-902154-05-5

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Coordinates: 48 ° 12 ′ 44.5 "  N , 16 ° 23 ′ 6.6"  E